The 2025 New Zealand local elections (Māori: Nga Pōtitanga ā-Rohe 2025) will be held on 11 October 2025.

[1] Local government in New Zealand has triennial elections to elect city and district mayors and councillors, regional councillors, and members of local boards.

Most city and district councils will also hold a local referendum on Māori wards.

In 2023, the newly-formed Sixth National Government and its coalition partners ACT and New Zealand First pledged to "restore the right of local referendum on the establishment or ongoing use of Māori wards and constituencies.

The Chatham Islands have a unique, separately-legislated council that has almost all the powers of a unitary authority.